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06-17-2011, 08:06 PM
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Enchanter or Mage, which levels faster?
I know that pre-Kunark Mage's were one of if not the best / fastest / most efficient levelers in the game. Ive been gone for a while now so I don't really know what changes happened to them exactly, but I've heard people say that they got nerfed really bad and there nothing compared to what they used to be. So I was wondering, what are they like now? How bad did they get nerfed, and did are they still the best solo levelers in the game? Do groups want them for anything?
Also I was kind of curious about Enchanters too, I figured if Mage isn't what it used to be and is pretty bad now then maybe Ill try giving Enchanter a shot. I've heard there very hard to play, and can only really solo if there twinked but can level quickly if they are? | ||
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06-17-2011, 08:15 PM
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Back when troll illusion was bugged and gave the equivalent of the Regeneration spell, a twinked enchanter with 200+ charisma leveled a little faster. Now you have to be a lot more careful and selective with mobs because taking any significant amount of damage means having to sit and rest for ten minutes. It also depends a bit on the level range, because a magician can pretty much always find something to grind on while an enchanter needs a fairly specific array of mobs. They have to come in pairs, must be fairly close to eachother so you don't spend too much of charm's duration on looking for a target, have to be melee and very similar in power, and they can't have some ability that makes for huge fluctuations in damage between the charmed pet and the target. There are some level ranges where this is difficult to find, and if you can't consistently have your charmed mob finish the target off with 5-10% health remaining, it won't be as efficient. It's more or less doable the whole way, though, and Breeze might give the enchanter an edge in the long run where you previously had to wait until Clarity at level 28 before med times became tolerable.
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06-17-2011, 08:16 PM
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Pets are currently bugged and don't do as much damage as they should. Otherwise the only other 'nerf' was the ability for 39+ pets to dual-wield without being handed weapons was removed and this hurt their DPS when chain-casting at mid-high levels. This will eventually get patched back in and pet damage should go up again with this new patch (shouldn't be as-high as it used to be but hopefully will be close as I felt that pet damage was pretty spot on, the only issue was min hits were higher then they should have been).
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06-17-2011, 08:59 PM
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06-17-2011, 09:43 PM
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06-17-2011, 09:45 PM
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06-17-2011, 11:08 PM
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I always try to never loose any hp. I keep rune up all the time, cause "medding" hp really is a pain.
For charming for exp i suggest you charm a mob, buff it up (haste,ac) give it 2 weapons and then rootpark it at a good spot. Then you charm other mobs and get them killed from the rootpark mob, realase your pet(s) when its <5% hp and nuke it with the lowest lvl nuke that does the job. I guess with this strat you exp faster now than as mage, cause a duel wielding hasted charm "pet" does a lot of damage. After each fight i mem blur the rooted mob so it regens hp (5%/tic). This is also pretty save cause the strong mob is always rooted, not much to worry on a charmbreak. If you have a caster you can always interrupt its cast with pet-sit. I suggest you get a goblin bazhegul ring for this (insta charmbreak clicky). If the mob you rooted has mana you can also always use ToT on him when its up, works like a mana batterie. SKs are very good for this (sepulcher skel, and gw skel in hs). Edit: Just to be clear, the "rootpark" mob is never charmed except at the start when you get him into position, and buff / give him weapons and each time you refresh haste. | ||
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06-17-2011, 11:50 PM
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A good Enchanter should be able to solo better than a Magician when they hit Level 29. You don't even need to mess around with Charm, they are superior with the animated pet alone. Getting access to the Damage Shield (take the time to research this spell!) makes the animated pet just as good as a Magician pet in terms of raw ability (you can't command it, of course) and gaining access to Clarity gives the Enchanter superior efficiency. Then you add in the Enchanter's ability to root and lull and slow, and they are not only more efficient but also much better equipped to take on a wider variety of camps. I soloed the AC as a Level 29 Enchanter while also constantly killing all of the Frogloks near that area. It was excellent for both exp and money...the next day I was level 33 and had made about 4k in cash, plus was wearing a pair of Gatorscale Leggings and Sleeves myself.
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06-18-2011, 02:44 AM
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Enchanter pre whirl nerf was super easy to solo. pull with anything take a hit, perma stun while pet eats mobs. Clarity + troll regen = pwn. only down time was the length it took for pet to kill mobs
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